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Definition of scarce : 1. Alt. of Scarcely
2. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
3. Scantily supplied ( with); deficient ( in); - with of.
4. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.

Synonyms:

remarkable, extraordinary, peculiar, scantily, precious, under, excess, exactly, sporadic, shy, precisely, usual, wanting, tight, unique, incomparable, hardly, occasional, near, but, just now, unparalleled, simply, scarcely, just, singular, uncommon, infrequent, unusual, odd, merely, unprecedented, short, big, barely, curious, strange, rare, only

minimal, little, minimum, negligible, spotty, few

not plentiful

meager, sparse, deficient, miserly, niggardly, inadequate, stingy, insufficient, skimpy, poor, scanty, flyspeck

Usage examples:

• I scarce knew what I was saying- or what I'm saying now." - "The Devil's Garden", W. B. Maxwell.
• O Sir, said she, I am faint; there is scarce life left in me. - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
• He had scarce any voice in him, and looked awful bad, and he said he thought he was a- dying. - "Checkmate", Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.